[arr] Who’s the best? Do we have to debate

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 02:13:05 -0800

WhoÂ’s the best? Do we have to debate
 
There have been countless discussions on this board as well as other places why songs like aashiq banaya aapne or jhalak dikhlaja win more hearts or rather top the charts than a wonderful composition like Lukka Chuppi or for that matter any song from RDB.
 
What I feel is its just waste of time comparing our Boss with new age composers like Reshammiya or whoever it is. Rahman has proved his point in India as well as overseas. He has composed tunes that we would keep humming for the rest of our lives and the generations to come.
 
I am not saying other composers are not blessed, they are, but they are more market savvy and believe in compositions that are here today, gone tomorrow. I do not fully blame these composers for this kind of attitude because I feel the generation is such. Being from Mumbai, I personally have seen including few of my friends who just want to groove. One month later, the same jhalak dikhalajas is even out of their mobile phones. And if you have noticed, the movies of which the songs are on the top order canÂ’t be even rated anywhere near bad. So producers harp on music that would bring in money.
 
Again, all these composers are hired just give music to the tracks and not the movie. Except the movies done by Rahman, most have the background scores by a different person. Here lies the difference. Rahman is involved in every aspect of the movie (and isnÂ’t that the major factor that we even crave over his BGMs). He understands the movie and creates music keeping in the mind how the movie would be transitioning from start to end.
 
My strong belief, after watching movies like Aashiq banaya aapne et al (the fact that I couldn’t sit for the whole movie is an altogether different debatable topic) is that the composers have been hired and told “Give me numbers that would top the charts”. Otherwise, I couldn’t relate to any of the songs in these movies. On the contrary, while watching movies done by our Boss, don’t we get carried away into the musical sphere?
 
Only good talented directors can ooze out the maximum from our Boss. I am not placing a doubt on his creativity but when he creates a song like Dil Ne Jisse Apna Kaha, it needs to be well placed in the movie. Merely inserting it in the middle of a scene, do not justifies. He should be working more with directors like Mani Ratnam, Rakesh Mehra, Ram Gopal Verma, Shankar etc. With Gods grace from nowhere he has reached everywhere. Now its time for him to be choosy and make music that would be remembered forever.
 
WhatÂ’s say fans? Pls reply.
 
Thanks and Regards
 
Sreehari Nair
 
PS: I am no one to comment on anyoneÂ’s credibility, so the above written is just personal observance.

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